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J. J. JOHN-SNN.-

AIRON FENCE POST.- No. 264,883. Patented Sepnza, 1882.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES J. JOHNSTON, OF OOLUMBIANA, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE UNITED STATESIMPROVEMENT COMPANY, (LIMITED,) OF SAME PLACE.

IRON FENCE-Pos1'.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 264,883, dated September 26, 1882. Application filed February 1l., 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it lmay concern Be it known that 1, JAMES J. JOHNSTON, of Uolumbiana,'in the county of Columbiana and State of Ohio, have invented a certain new 5 and useful Improvement in Fence-Posts; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of` reference marked io thereon.

` My invention relates to an improvement in fence-posts; and it consists of a wooden core having wrought-iron corner-pieces, the sides of said core furnished with ornaments of cast-- iron piaced between' said corner-pieces, said post being provided with a hollow cap secured in place by means of a screw having an ornamental head, the. whole constructed as will hereinafter lnorefully and at large appear.

To enable others skilled in. the art with which my invention is most nearly connected to make and use it, I- will proceed to describe its construction and operation.

In the accompanying drawings, which form 25 a part of this specification, Figure. 1 is aperspective view of my improvement vin fence-v posts. Fig. 2 isatransverse section of the hol low metallic cap. Fig. 3 is a vertical section ofthe hollow metallic cap and post.

Reference being had to the accompanying drawings, A represents a wooden core, (square when viewed in crosssection,) the corners of which are covered with angle-iron, B, which may be secured to thecore by meansot' screws.

` Said angle-iron is constructed of wrought-iron by the rolling process. These corners of angle-iron,B, form recessed panels, in which are placed cast-iron ornaments C, the upper end of which ornaments are provided with projections D, the inner surface of which is fitted to 4o the base of the hollow cap E, andi serve as a stone.

A post constructed as hereinbeforerdescribed can be made massive in appearance, and will be strong and durable, highly orna-` 1 mental, and can be cheaply manufactured when com pared with a postconstructed wholly of metal, with the advantage of making it much more ornamental. Y

Having thus described my invention, what I .claim as new,.and desire to secure by Letters- Patent, is-

As a new article of manufacture, afencepost having a wooden core, A, with wroughtl iron corner-pieces' B and cast-iron ornaments O between them, and a hollow metallic cap, E, secured in position on said post through the medium of screw G, having ornamental head H and shoulder I, substantially as herein de- 7o scribed, and for the purpose set forth.

JAMES J. JOHNSTON. 

